Learn more about our Savings Goals for this year here and here.
I really fell off the wagon with sharing our latest Saving on a Shoestring updates over the past few months. I think we got a little distracted with our new little guy’s arrival. He’s 3 months old now though, so I’m slowly starting to gain a little bit more normalcy around here!
We have still been putting our dollars aside for our two big goals this year, so I wanted to update you all on how much money we’ve set aside for each.
The good news is that it’s been so long since I updated that we have made a BIG jump in our savings goal toward Project Well. At this rate, I’m hoping we will be able to donate a well by the end of the year. So exciting!
So here our our current totals for our Saving on a Shoestring projects:
Project Well: 84%
Cha-Ching! Christmas Club: 19%.
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How about you? Have you been saving and scrimping toward a reward or are you a part of the Cha-Ching! Christmas Club? Then leave a comment or a link below telling us about it.
AND just to add to all the fun going on around here, I will give a $5 Amazon gift code to one person who leaves a direct link to their savings post or a comment sharing an update on their savings. (I figure it’s just one more way to help you save on that shoestring!)
The giveaway will end Friday, August 10, 2012 at 11:59 pm EST. I’ll randomly select the winning comment or link. Winner will be notified by email and listed on this site.
We have reached our #1 financial goal for the year- get out of credit card debt! What a blessing! Now we are tackling student loans. Our goal is to pay them off within 3 years. I have been setting aside any money I receive from taking surveys as well as online rewards such as Swagbucks for Christmas. So far we have around $50 saved. I’ve also been entering lots of online giveaways for Christmas gifts. I’ve won 3 so far this year and I was able to get some really great gifts for free!
Our big savings goal is to have 6months worth of household expenses saved as well as all debt paid off. We paid off all the debt ! Over $22K and we have managed to stay out of debt and at the end of last month we are up to $19K in savings all pennies , nickels and dimes they do add up. Extra side jobs and mostly cutting back as much as possible everywhere.
6 months of expenses are at least $35K so we have a way to go. We want a true emergency fund as we are getting older and fear we will truly need it.
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Well, I didn’t save as much for Christmas, but I already used my savings toward my Target Toy Clearance for my 70% of Christmas savings. I have earned way more Amazon cards this year and I have scored gift cards to Wal-Mart through Saving Star and My Points, both of which are new for me this year.
Our Christmas budget is around $900-$1000. Since the beginning of the year we have been putting back our credit card rewards, survey money, and Amazon gift cards earned thru Swagbucks and surveys towards our Christmas Fund. As of today, we have just over $800 set aside towards Christmas. All “free” money. Gotta love that!
we’ve been saving our credit card rewards to use for christmas gifts!
We were recently able to purchase a box fan that we’ve needed w/ the swagbucks we’ve redeemed on Amazon. Such a blessing to be able to have a savings acct even for smaller things!
~eunice b
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MY daughters sweet 16. With 4 kids at home I have to plan early…. This is our first sweet 16 party. and i plan on it be a frugal/fantastic celebration… we are planning it for jan, 2014. Her birthday is Dec 29th,, and always gets jipped with combo Christmas/Birthday presents ..NOT THIS TIME.. Together we are on a mission to make this a superfantastic celebration, with my online deals, ideas and freebies. Amazon is a great place to start!!
For my daughter’s sweet 16 I did t-sandwiches and a formal t-party with a friend giving all of the girls manicures it was in FEB so this is what we did due to impossible to get outside. The girls all loved it sent each girl home with a yellow rose instead of a goody bag. (Just a thought)